32 minutes ago, Wentz_Era said:

It's 2022, not 1952.  At least in the military, realistic training sims, targets, etc have brought the rate up from roughly 12% to 88% in combat scenarios.  Plenty of science behind this.  I learned how to kill effectively and responsibly at the age of 18.  Now the flip side is you're correct, the average Joe or police officer isn't afforded the opportunity to train to that level.  You shouldn't generalize 'gun people' though, like we're a bunch of whack jobs.

There's two general classes of gun people, responsible gun people, who hunt, etc., respect guns, understand that what makes sense in rural areas might not in urban areas, etc. They are in favor of reasonable regulation, like controlling gun sales, registering guns, identifying ammunition (so shooters can be traced), etc. There's millions of these out there, but their voices get drowned out by the gun fanatics.

Then there are the whack jobs, who think any regulation is the end of the world, fantasize they're the only bulwark against "government tyranny" and think that they're gonna whip out their guns and be heroes (I'd hit the ground immediately, figuring most of them will shoot widely if at all under a "combat situation.").

As far as Hurts, we'll know by January. Right now, it's just hot air.

Either he improves, or he doesn't.

Only one way to find out.

15 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Did some film study and digged through some archived articles, I heard Hurts is willing to work hard and wants to be great. Hidden nugget. 

It's odd that whenever something is brought up about him it's always just that he's a great leader, works hard, or teammates like him. Not sure I've seen anything actually mention his ability to throw the ball or anything the QB is supposed to do on the field

19 minutes ago, schuy7 said:

At some point, you should recognize there's a problem when the best compliment everyone can give Hurts is that he works hard and wants to be great. It's never about his arm or anything tangible.

2 years in the NFL and no one wants to go on record complementing tangible attributes is a bad thing? 

1 hour ago, austinfan said:

Actually, this is far less common than it used to be, the average age at first birth has steadily risen for decades.

 read what i wrote "I’m not saying all or even majority but where i live in Arizona”. The key there is "where i live in Arizona”. The national average is 15.4 per 1000 births are teen pregnancy (15-19) in 2020 (per cdc https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/teen-births.htm). So that doesn’t include the 20-22 range i out in there where i said i also don’t think they are ready. In south arizona (Pima county) in 2016 it was 29.9 for teen birth rate (2016) which was still higher than the national average  even though we saw a drop. (https://mapazdashboard.arizona.edu/tucsons-health-teen-birth-rate) (in 2013 Arizona was 37.4 per 1000). In 2020 it did drop in Pima county but it’s 19.9 which is still above the national average. 14% of the teen birth rates (15-19) in Arizona were also already had a previous kid. So you are talking about national scale and it has declined (even here) but here it is still a problem as it’s still higher here than the national average and you still dealing with the higher percentages from 2006-2016 of parents from that time. Add on we haven’t include 20-22 which is what i included in my previous statement. it’s a problem here and has been even with the dropping numbers due to previously high numbers from 2006-2016. Those higher number Of parents (15-19) from 06-16 are still an issue as those kids are just now turning 5 years old to 16 years old who were raised by parents who were super young and most weren’t ready to be a parent. 

5 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

It's odd that whenever something is brought up about him it's always just that he's a great leader, works hard, or teammates like him. Not sure I've seen anything actually mention his ability to throw the ball or anything the QB is supposed to do on the field

It’s not odd at all. He stinks and it’s the only good thing they can say about him. 

2 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

2 years in the NFL and no one wants to go on record complementing tangible attributes is a bad thing? 

I heard he's a great leader.

1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

It’s not odd at all. He stinks and it’s the only good thing they can say about him. 

It's odd because he's being given this season and yet they can't say anything else about him

4 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

It's odd because he's being given this season and yet they can't say anything else about him

Is there anything you would praise based off his play from last year? 

I dont know why this would be a surprise with all the talk of playing 3-4, but here is a video of Josh Sweat taking a rep as a stand up rusher.

Whats important to note, is how he plays the run, on the way to the QB. This is what our entire DL will be doing this year. So I wouldnt expect big sack numbers from anyone.

 

2 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Is there anything you would praise based off his play from last year? 

He can run although he holds the ball like Vick did and Vick fumbled a lot

2 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Not giving out Brent Celeks number for 5 years is just so odd.

At least 23 and 86 were used last year

On the contrary:

 

#Celek87-4ever

5 hours ago, justrelax said:

Explain, please.

Here's my response to BigE:

This will introduce you the woke shenanigans in New Zealand:

https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2022/03/13/new-zealands-royal-society-exculpates-two-members-accused-of-criticizing-indigenous-ways-of-knowing-as-coequal-with-science/

2 hours ago, bpac55 said:

lack of respect for human life, and having a numb feeling towards death and murder.  So many factors go in to that.  I truly think video games play a role.  To endlessly kill and learn how to in front of a TV for hours on end can take it's tole on the wrong person.  The internet is another aid.  It takes the human emotion away from conversations.  People can be faceless trolls, talk as much crap as they want and face zero consequences.  

I grew up in the country where the majority of kids had rifles in their trucks in the school parking lot.  No one thought twice about it.  Something has changed for sure.

 

Really weird that every other 1st world country has violent video games and the internet but FOR SOME UNKNOWN MYSTERIOUS REASON,  we have way more gun deaths. WHAT COULD IT BE??????????

10 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

He can run although he holds the ball like Vick did and Vick fumbled a lot

But Vick could pass

Just now, dawkdaballhawk said:

But Vick could pass

And had a cannon 

1 hour ago, Wentz_Era said:

It's 2022, not 1952.  At least in the military, realistic training sims, targets, etc have brought the rate up from roughly 12% to 88% in combat scenarios.  Plenty of science behind this.  I learned how to kill effectively and responsibly at the age of 18.  Now the flip side is you're correct, the average Joe or police officer isn't afforded the opportunity to train to that level.  You shouldn't generalize 'gun people' though, like we're a bunch of whack jobs.

When he starts to pontificate on these topics, it is always entertaining to see his broad brush come out.

1 minute ago, mattmcginley7 said:

 

Really weird that every other country in the world has violent video games and the internet but FOR SOME UNKNOWN MYSTERIOUS REASON, have way more gun deaths. WHAT COULD IT BE??????????

https://www.k12academics.com/school-shootings/history-school-shootings-united-states

1 minute ago, dawkdaballhawk said:

But Vick could pass

 

Just now, LeanMeanGM said:

And had a cannon 

I was giving an example on the running. I've been pretty clear about the lack of passing ability from Hurts I think

If not I'd be happy to reiterate that lol

1 minute ago, Mike030270 said:

 

I was giving an example on the running. I've been pretty clear about the lack of passing ability from Hurts I think

If not I'd be happy to reiterate that lol

I just don’t like comparing the two. I enjoyed seeing Vick play. 

1 minute ago, Mike030270 said:

 

I was giving an example on the running. I've been pretty clear about the lack of passing ability from Hurts I think

If not I'd be happy to reiterate that lol

Point is no one is saying anything about him being a good QB because there is nothing to say about him being a good QB, so they go to the work hard, leader, wants to be great route. 

2 minutes ago, dawkdaballhawk said:

I just don’t like comparing the two. I enjoyed seeing Vick play. 

I think Vick could have had a drastically different career that ended up in the hall if he had actually studied the game when he started out

1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Point is no one is saying anything about him being a good QB because there is nothing to say about him being a good QB, so they go to the work hard, leader, wants to be great route. 

Agreed

28 minutes ago, austinfan said:

There's two general classes of gun people, responsible gun people, who hunt, etc., respect guns, understand that what makes sense in rural areas might not in urban areas, etc. They are in favor of reasonable regulation, like controlling gun sales, registering guns, identifying ammunition (so shooters can be traced), etc. There's millions of these out there, but their voices get drowned out by the gun fanatics.

Then there are the whack jobs, who think any regulation is the end of the world, fantasize they're the only bulwark against "government tyranny" and think that they're gonna whip out their guns and be heroes (I'd hit the ground immediately, figuring most of them will shoot widely if at all under a "combat situation.").

As far as Hurts, we'll know by January. Right now, it's just hot air.

Either he improves, or he doesn't.

Only one way to find out.

 Being a mass shooter is a way to be made famous, another issue is this country’s mental health system that really started falling apart in the 70’s, and we’re gone by the 80’s. Crazy people had kids and that gene has been passed down to generations.  
 It ends when it’s a Private School and a son or daughter of a congressmen or wealthy person get killed, that goes for abortion as well.    Any one of those Republican idiots daughters gets gang raped at 12-15 years old, you better believe if pregnant, that they’ll have an abortion quicker than I can say Hurts sucks. Sad to say, it hasn’t happened to the right child yet. 

 

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The funny thing about the Reid interview was that his main point is that Nick and the Eagles are committed to Hurts regardless of the fact that many fans are impatient and want him to be a great passer right away.

And I guess the reaction to the interview from the fans on here makes his point even more crystal clear.

50 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

I dont know why this would be a surprise with all the talk of playing 3-4, but here is a video of Josh Sweat taking a rep as a stand up rusher.

Whats important to note, is how he plays the run, on the way to the QB. This is what our entire DL will be doing this year. So I wouldnt expect big sack numbers from anyone.

 

Who do we think is the Eagles best DL?